Chapter 2

Chapter 2 After flying for many hours we finally landed to set up camp for the night. I slid down off of Appa's back, and my feet touched nice, soft grass. At least it felt like grass. Turns out it was fur—bison fur. It's spring and Appa has started shedding something fierce. I gathered up some fruit, nuts, and berries, so I'm all set as far as food goes. I'm just settling down against a rock and stretching out, drinking in my first full day of freedom—Ah, this is the life! Oh, here comes Katara. Wonder what she wants? "So, Toph, usually when setting up camp, we try to divide up the work between us." "Hey, don't worry about me. I'm good." Apparently she doesn't get it. She's going on and on about fetching water, building a fire, putting up the tents—all this stuff that has nothing to do with me. I can take care of myself. I always have. I don't need to be treated like a little kid. This is why I left home! I get it—Katara is all rah-rah, go team. But the whole team thing just isn't my style. I've always been a loner, and just because I'm traveling with these guys doesn't mean I'm part of some group or

在飞行了好几个小时之后，我们终于降落在地面上搭起了过夜的帐篷。 我从阿柏背上滑下来，脚踩在柔软的草地上。 至少感觉像草。 原来是野牛的皮毛。 春天到了，阿柏开始猛掉一些东西。 我收集了一些水果、坚果和浆果，所以我的食物都准备好了。 我只是靠在一块岩石上，伸伸懒腰，享受我第一天的自由——啊，这就是生活！哦，卡塔拉来了。 想知道她想要什么？“所以，拓芙，通常在搭建营地的时候，我们会试着分工工作。” “嘿，别为我担心。 我很好。”显然她不明白。 她没完没了地说着打水、生火、搭帐篷——所有这些事都与我无关。 我能照顾好自己。 我一直都有。我不需要你把我当小孩子看待。 这就是我离开家的原因！我懂了，卡塔拉在欢呼，加油。 但我不喜欢团队合作。 我一直是个独来独往的人，和他们一起旅行并不意味着我是某个团体的一员

something. I do stuff for ME. I carry my weight, without asking for anybody's assistance, like some dependant child. And they should do the same! "I don't need a fire, I already collected my own food, and look…" A quick Earthbending move should take care of a tent for me. A nice tent with rock walls. There! All done. "My tent's all set up!" But still Katara still doesn't look satisfied. "Well, that's great for YOU. But we still need to finish—" She really is annoying. What does she want from me? I'm risking everything to come with them to help Aang learn Earthbending, and she won't stop hounding me about tents and water and firewood? I didn't leave home after being bossed around my whole life by my parents to be bossed around by her! "I don't understand what the problem is here!" "Never mind…" Later she came and apologized, saying that she was tired. Maybe that's why she's so cranky. I guess I should try to give her the benefit of the doubt. I accepted her apology and slipped into my rock tent to settle down for the night.

某物。我为自己做事。 我自力更生，不需要任何人的帮助，就像一个依赖别人的孩子。 他们也应该这样做！“我不需要火，我自己已经准备好吃的了，你看……”一个快速的御土术应该就能为我准备好一个帐篷了。 一个有石墙的漂亮帐篷。 在那里!全部完成。“我的帐篷都搭好了！”但卡塔拉看起来仍然不满意。 “嗯，这对你来说太好了。 但我们仍然需要结束——“她真的很烦人。 她想从我这里得到什么？ 我冒着一切危险跟他们一起来帮助安昂学习御土术，而她却不停地缠着我要帐篷、水和柴火？ 我被父母指使了一辈子，我才不会离开家去受她的指使！“我不明白这里有什么问题！”“没关系……”后来她来道歉，说她累了。 也许这就是她脾气暴躁的原因。 我想我应该先假定她是无辜的。 我接受了她的道歉，溜进我的岩石帐篷，准备安顿下来过夜。

I had just fallen asleep when powerful vibrations rumbling through the earth woke me up. What is that? If I put my palms flat onto the ground, I'll be able to feel it. This is something big. Very big. Whatever it is, it's powerful and it's heading our way. I woke the others and suggested getting out of here. We scrambled onto Appa and took to the sky. Looking down they spotted a huge tank with thick treads and big missiles racing toward the spot where we had set up camp. We've got to get away from it, whatever it is. We landed a good distance away. I stood for a moment and focused but felt no rumbling at all from that thing. We decided to settle there for the night, and that's when Katara started in again, asking me to help unload everybody else's stuff. I told her that I didn't ask her help unloading my stuff. How many times do I have to tell her that I carry my own weight! "Ever since you joined us you've been selfish and unhelpful!" Katara screamed suddenly. Selfish! I can't believe she said that. Selfish? I leave my cushy life to come here to help them and she thinks I'M selfish? I don't know what kind of fairy- tale world she's living in. "Listen, Sugar Queen. I

我刚睡着，大地的强烈震动就把我吵醒了。 那是什么？如果我把手掌平放在地上，我就能感觉到。 这是件大事。非常大的。 不管它是什么，它很强大，正朝我们走来。 我叫醒了其他人，建议他们离开这里。 我们爬上阿柏，飞向天空。 往下一看，他们发现一辆巨大的坦克，上面有厚厚的履带和大型导弹，正朝着我们扎营的地方疾驰而来。 我们得远离它，不管它是什么。 我们在很远的地方着陆。 我站了一会儿，集中注意力，但感觉不到那东西发出的隆隆声。 我们决定在那里过夜，这时卡塔拉又来了，让我帮忙卸下其他人的东西。 我告诉她我没有让她帮我卸东西。 我得跟她说多少次我自己的事我自己做主！“自从你加入我们以来，你就一直自私，不帮忙！”卡塔拉突然尖叫起来。 自私的!我不敢相信她会这么说。 自私吗?我放弃了安逸的生活来这里帮助他们，她却认为我自私？ 我不知道她生活在一个什么样的童话世界里。 “听着，糖皇后。我

gave up everything I had so I could teach Earthbending to Aang. So don't talk to me about selfish!" I am done talking to the little princess. All I need is an earth tent—There! Now I'm shutting you out. In your face, sweetheart! I'm getting some sleep. Whoa —it's that thing again! I can feel it barreling toward us! Time to move, again! For our third resting place we flew up to the top of a mountain. We all thought we'd be safe here, that the tank thing couldn't possibly find us much less follow us here. But we were wrong. I felt the vibrations shortly after we stopped. Then the others caught sight of black smoke rising over a hill, and now that thing is actually climbing up the mountain! How does it keep finding us? Who's driving it? And what do they want with us? Katara and Sokka said they think it might be this guy named Zuko, the Fire Nation prince, who's been following them all over the world. Aang thinks we should stay and face whoever it is. The tank just opened up! Three girls riding on mongoose-dragons are galloping toward us. Katara said she recognizes them as three girls they had fought in Omashu, before they picked me up.

为了教安昂御土术，我放弃了我的一切。 所以别跟我说什么自私！”我跟小公主说完了。 我只需要一个地球帐篷——好了！现在我要把你拒之门外。 打在你脸上，亲爱的！我要睡觉了。 哇，又是那个东西！我能感觉到它向我们飞来！又到了行动的时候了！第三个休息的地方，我们飞到了山顶。 我们都以为在这里会很安全，坦克不可能找到我们更不用说跟踪我们了。 但我们错了。我们停车后不久我就感觉到了震动。 然后其他人看到黑烟从山上升起，现在那东西真的在爬山！它怎么总能找到我们？ 谁在开车？他们想要我们做什么？ 卡塔拉和索卡说他们认为可能是一个叫祖寇的人，火宗的王子，他一直跟着他们走遍世界。 安昂认为我们应该留下来面对敌人。 水箱刚刚打开了！三个女孩骑着猫鼬龙向我们飞奔过来。 卡塔拉说，她认出她们是三个女孩，在他们把我接走之前，她们曾在奥马舒打过仗。

Maybe Aang's right. Maybe we should just stand our ground. Between my bending, Aang's bending, and Katara's bending we should be able to take them. And if that doesn't work, Katara could always nag them to death. Well, we're off on Appa, again. I had raised a wall of rock to block the girls, but one of them Firebended right through it! So we decided to leave again. But, as Aang pointed out, we can't keep flying forever. I, for one, am so tired I can't even think straight. And neither can Appa, apparently, because he just started to fall asleep in midair! I hate flying. Now we really have to land! "Okay," Sokka said as we landed. "We've put a lot of distance between us and them. The plan right now is to follow Appa's lead and get some sleep!" "Of course, we could've gotten some sleep earlier if Toph didn't have such issues with helping," Katara blurted out. I can't believe she's still going on about that. I never asked any of them for anything. I've carried my weight from the start. Is she just trying to make me the scapegoat? That is so unfair. Besides, if this is anyone's fault, it's that big flying fur ball! "If there's anyone to blame, it's Sheddy over

也许安昂是对的。也许我们应该坚持自己的立场。 我的御术，安昂的御术，还有卡塔拉的御术我们应该能打败他们。 如果这招不管用，卡塔拉总能把他们唠叨死。 我们又要去找阿柏了。 我筑起了一堵石墙挡住姑娘们，但其中一个御火术直接穿了过去！所以我们决定再次离开。 但是，正如安昂指出的，我们不可能永远飞下去。 就我而言，我太累了，甚至不能清醒地思考。 显然，阿柏也不能，因为他刚开始在半空中睡着了！我讨厌坐飞机。 现在我们真的要着陆了！“好吧，”我们降落时索卡说。 “我们和他们之间有很大的距离。 现在的计划是跟着阿柏，好好睡一觉！”卡塔拉脱口而出：“当然，如果拓芙没有这样的问题，我们本可以早点睡的。” 真不敢相信她还在说那件事。 我从没向他们要过任何东西。 我从一开始就承担了我的责任。 她是想让我当替罪羊吗？ 这太不公平了。再说了，如果这是谁的错，那也是那个会飞的毛球的错！“如果要怪谁的话，那就是谢迪